The Federal Government has inaugurated a steering committee for stage 2 of the Hydrochlorofluorocarbons Phase Out Management Plan (HPMP) project under the Montreal Protocol signed by Nigeria in 1988. In his speech at the inauguration yesterday in Abuja, the Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, explained that the stage II HPMP, a project under the Montreal Protocol on Substances...

Power is the main driver of every nation’s socio-economic development. It is key for development of all sectors of the economy. However, most developing countries are still battling with power generation. In the case of Nigeria most of the rural dwellers are not captured on the national power grid which leaves them to generate and provide their basic power supply...

An international non-governmental organization, ActionAid Nigeria has said Nigeria spends over N600 billion annually on milk because of its failure to utilize over 200 million cattle in the country. The ActionAid food and agriculture programme coordinator, Azubuike Nwokoye stated this at a webinar organized by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) to mark the global celebration of World...

…Commissions multiple digital economy projects The Federal Government has formally launched the National Policy on Virtual Engagements in Federal Public Institutions while also commissioning an emergency communications centre and four more digital economy centres across the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami who is the chief host at the event, in his address, said all digital...

The director-general of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has tasked staff of the agency on dynamic approach to biosafety regulation. He told them at a biosafety refresher course organised in collaboration with the Programme For Biosafety Systems (PBS) in Abuja to realize that the country must ensure the safety of its people and environment. "It is a...

The World Health Organisation has said about 1.2 million non-smokers die from exposure to tobacco smoke every year and that it is making efforts to encourage 100 million people to quit smoking. WHO country representative to Nigeria, Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo, made this known at a briefing to commemorate this year’s World No Tobacco Day with the theme ‘Commit to...

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it is currently considering equity participation in a number of private refineries in the country in line with a Federal Government policy directive.A statement by the corporation’s spokesperson, Dr. Kennie Obateru, said the move was in line with government’s directive which stipulated the mandatory participation of the corporation in any privately-owned...

The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has commissioned four new economy projects spread across the states of the federation as part of ongoing efforts to promote digital inclusion in the country. He said the projects, the 10th batch in the series, were executed by the ministry and parastatals under its supervision as part of efforts in...

The executive director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Olusegun Awolowo says Nigeria loses $10 billion annually in capital flight to the importation of honey and its by-products. He disclosed this at a technical session on enhancing global market access for Nigeria's honey and honey by-products in Abuja.He said lack of adequate production of honey in the country is costing the economy a...

…As Guinea Bissau visits NCC on benchmarking tour   The executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has shared his experiences on some of the regulatory models, approaches and best practices being implemented by the commission in promoting a stable telecoms sector and accelerating digital inclusion in Nigeria. Danbatta shared these experiences when he received a delegation...